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convert

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[ verb kuhn-vurt; noun kon-vurt ]
/ verb kənˈvɜrt; noun ˈkɒn vɜrt /
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verb (used with object)
verb (used without object)
to become converted.
Football. to make a conversion.
noun
one who has been converted, as to a religion or opinion.
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Origin of convert

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First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English verb converten, from Latin convertere “to change completely,” equivalent to con- intensive prefix + vertere “to turn”; noun convert replacing converse, Middle English convers, ultimately from Latin conversus; see also converse2, verse1

synonym study for convert

1. See transform.

OTHER WORDS FROM convert

con·ver·tive, adjective

Other definitions for convert (2 of 2)

convert2
[ kon-vurt ]
/ ˈkɒn vɜrt /

noun Informal.
a convertible automobile.

Origin of convert

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By shortening of convertible
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British Dictionary definitions for convert

convert

verb (kənˈvɜːt) (mainly tr)
noun (ˈkɒnvɜːt)
a person who has been converted to another belief, religion, etc

Derived forms of convert

convertive, adjective

Word Origin for convert

C13: from Old French convertir, from Latin convertere to turn around, alter, transform, from vertere to turn
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